Second-Generation Girl Scout
A few months ago, I started a new Girl Scout troop in the South Bay of Los Angeles, to the surprise and puzzlement of many of my friends and of …
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Nexus
Does My Generation of Women Not Want a Raise?
Well, Yes, Of Course-But There’s More To Workplace Parity
I have grown up with two near-religious beliefs: there is no career that a woman cannot do as well or better than a man, and there is nothing but my …
The Takeaway
Writing Like A Girl
Much like obscenity, you know chick lit when you see it.
“Legs and shoes,” said moderator Meghan Daum to the mostly female crowd at the Skirball Cultural Center. As she skimmed …
Poetry
No Longer A Girl
by Stephanie Brown
The city was a gray city.
I was dreaming of nothing then.
I had no hopes of love anymore.
My back was breaking.
My heart was cracked.
Though …
Poetry
Flower Girl
by Colette LaBouff Atkinson
Slightly too old for it. But small enough. My sister and I wore pink dresses.
Everyone looked at her. She danced with the most beautiful …
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